Racine Avenue station

41°40′27″N 87°39′07″W / 41.6741°N 87.6520°W / 41.6741; -87.6520Owned byMetraLine(s)Blue Island SubdistrictPlatforms1 Side platformTracks1ConstructionStructure typeOpen-sheltered platformParkingYesAccessibleNoOther informationFare zone2HistoryElectrifiedOverhead line, 1,500 V DCPassengers201828 (average weekday)^[1]  9.7%Rank221 out of 236^[1] Services

Preceding station	Metra			Following station
Ashland/Calumet Park toward Blue Island		Metra Electric Blue Island Branch		West Pullman toward Millennium Station

Former services
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Ashland Avenue toward Blue Island Electric Suburban Blue Island Branch West Pullman toward Randolph Street

Track layout
Legend ME north to Millennium ME south to Blue Island

Location

Racine Avenue is a commuter rail station along the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric line in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is officially located at Racine Avenue, South of 120th Street, and is 17.0 miles (27.4 km) away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.^[2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Racine Avenue is in zone 2. As of 2018^[update], Racine Avenue is the 221st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 28 weekday boardings.^[1]

Racine Avenue is the last station along the Blue Island Branch within the Chicago city limits. Parking is available exclusively along 121st Street between South Elizabeth and South Racine Avenues. No bus connections are available at this station.

A station typology adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission on October 16, 2014, assigns the Racine Avenue station a typology of Mixed Residential/Industrial Neighborhood (MRIN). This typology is an area in which the Metra station serves both residential and industrial uses. Like most of the MRIN stations, it does not have access to CTA rail.^[3]

References

External links

• Metra – Stations – Racine Avenue
• Station from Google Maps Street View